Elista F4: Rublevsky beats Grischuk to equalise

The Finals of the Candidates Matches for the 2007 World Chess Championship Tournament are being held in Elista, Russia, from June 6th to June 14, 2007. Eight candidates advanced from the first stage and are now playing six-game matches to fill four places in the 2007 World Championship in Mexico City.

Finals: Round four report

Finals Round 4 results: Sunday, June 10th 2007
Alexei Shirov	½-½	Levon Aronian
Evgeny Bareev	½-½	Peter Leko
Sergei Rublevsky	1-0	Alexander Grischuk
Boris Gelfand	½-½	Gata Kamsky

Finals Round four

A full report with game analysis by GM Mihail Marin will appear on Monday. After a long day of play in round four we are now only posting results, games and pictures.

Picture gallery

Peter Leko adjusting his pieces at the start of round four of the Candidates Finals

Filling out the names on his scoresheet

Peter's scoresheet is always meticulous – he even leaves his pen perfectly aligned.

Leko's opponent, trailing by 0.5:2.5, is Evgeny Bareev

Gata Kamsky preparing for a critical game against Boris Gelfand

Kamsky is 0.5:2.5 behind with three games to go

Alexei Shirov before an equally critical game against Levon Aronian

Grandmasters thinking

Peter Leko

Evgeny Bareev

Gata Kamsky

Alexei Shirov

Levon Aronian

Sergei Rublevsky

Alexander Grischuk

Photos by Frederic Friedel in Elista

Current standings

Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	TB	Tot.	Perf.
Levon Aronian	2759	1	½	½	½				2.5
Alexei Shirov	2699	0	½	½	½				1.5

Peter Leko	2738	1	½	1	½				3.0
Evgeny Bareev	2635	0	½	0	½				1.0

Alexander Grischuk	2717	1	½	½	0				2.0
Sergei Rublevsky	2680	0	½	½	1				2.0

Gata Kamsky	2705	½	½	0	½				1.5
Boris Gelfand	2733	½	½	1	½				2.5

Live coverage by Yasser Seirawan on Playchess

Playchess commentator GM Yasser Seirawan

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